[Music]
I'll praise him while he gives me breath,
I hope to praise him after death.
_Chorus_
O he's taken my feet from the mire and the clay,
And he's placed them on the Rock of Ages.
I hope to praise him when I die,
And shout salvation as I fly.
_Chorus_
And I will tell to sinners round
What a dear Savior I have found.
_Chorus_
No. 233
MY BIBLE LEADS TO GLORY, REV 385
Hexatonic, 6th missing, cannot be classified, obviously ionian (I II
III IV V -- VII)
[Music]
My bible leads to glory,
My bible leads to glory,
My bible leads to glory,
Ye foll'wers of the Lamb,
Sing on, pray on,
Foll'wers of Immanuel;
Sing on, pray on,
Soldiers of the cross.
Subsequent stanzas are constructed from such sentences as:
Religion makes me happy.
King Jesus is my captain.
I long to see my Savior.
Then farewell, sin and sorrow.
We'll have a shout in glory.
We'll wave our palms forever.
A variant of tune and words is in Richardson, p. 68. The melody is the
same as 'Bobbing Around' which was published by Oliver Ditson & Co.,
Boston, about 1855, as one of a series called _Melodies of the day_.
No. 234
I'M TRAVELING TO MY GRAVE or TRAVELER SOC 37